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Uzbekistan extends their travel restrictions to the United Kingdom, Italy, Denmark, Austria, Australia, the Netherlands, and South Africa until February 1.
2021-01-11

A XPT train derails in Victoria, Australia, killing two people.
2020-02-20

Thousands of people are reported stranded on a local beach awaiting evacuation near Mallacoota, Victoria, Australia, as bushfires enter the coastal town. Four people are reported missing. Elsewhere, a volunteer Fire and Rescue NSW firefighter died battling a bushfire near the town of Jingellic.
2019-12-30

Australia and East Timor settle a dispute between the two countries in the Timor Sea.
2017-09-2

A beachgoer in Australia discovers dinosaur footprints believed to be around 130 million years old while combing the shore for shells.
2016-09-7

Queensland police announce the finding that eight children were stabbed to death in a home in Cairns, Australia.
2014-12-19

The Independent Commission Against Corruption in the Australian state of New South Wales finds that former Ministers Ian Macdonald and Eddie Obeid acted corruptly and recommends that charges be laid.
2013-07-31

The Australian town of Yenda, New South Wales, is flooded as floodwaters move through the Murray–Darling Basin.
2012-03-7

Asylum seekers at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, continue their protest with some inmates cutting themselves until a meeting occurs with officials from the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.
2010-09-21

Mary MacKillop is to become Australia's first saint, after being approved by the Holy See for canonization.
2010-02-19